Chapter 97: Dancing Tian Ruan was having a great time, and Yu Jingmo held her hand...
Lu Qiuyan also saw Tian Ruan at a glance. His unique dressing style, the eagle mask that he and Yu Jingmo wore as a couple, and his dazed temperament made him sure that this person was his weird friend Tian Ruan.
Tian Ruan also noticed him and Yu Shang, raised his arms and greeted them: "Son, daughter-in-law!"
Lu Qiuyan's face darkened instantly, and his heart began to beat fast. This inappropriate look was very annoying to Tian Ruan.
At the same time, he observed Yu Shang, who was also wearing an eagle mask - it seemed to be specially customized by Holly Group, and its dark blue color was as cold as a winter forest - his thin lips were pursed, and no emotion could be seen.
Lu Qiuyan turned his head away, suppressed the strange feelings in his heart, and walked in front of Tian Ruan. A young man in white clothes came very close. He blocked the other person and said to Tian Ruan: "Don't shout."
Yu Shang walked over, glanced at Lu Qiuyan, ignored the people blocked behind him, turned around and said, "Dad, hello."
Qin and Di said at the same time: "Sir, you are blocking me."
Lu Qiuyan had never been called "sir" by anyone. They were all classmates, students, and children. Perhaps it was because he was dressed a little maturely tonight, and his height of 1.8 meters made it difficult to tell his age.
Lu Qiuyan didn't move.
Qindi: “…”
But it was Yu Shang who reacted and pulled Lu Qiuyan, "You are blocking others."
Lu Qiuyan turned around, "Who is he?"
Tian Ruan first said: "He is a qin and flute."
"Love rival? Whose love rival?"
Tian Ruan was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Yu's elementary school classmate Qin Di."
"A love rival from elementary school?" Lu Qiuyan was confused. "Why is he here?"
Tian Ruan couldn't explain why, so he asked Yu Jingmo: "Why is he here?"
Qin Di said weakly: "I'm here to look for Yu Jingmo."
Lu Qiuyan: "You are the love rival of your elementary school classmate, and also the love rival of his friend. Are you looking for trouble by coming after him now?"
"???"
"It's awesome that elementary school students are in love."
“…………”
Tian Ruan was at a loss for words, so he pulled Lu Qiuyan over and said, "His name is Qin Di."
Lu Qiuyan: “…Oh.”
Qindi said angrily: "My last name is Qin, which means piano, which is rare, and my given name is Di, which means flute."
Lu Qiuyan said perfunctorily: "What a good name. You really know how to choose one."
Qin Di's eyes sparkled with tears, "Yu Jingmo, is this how your daughter-in-law bullies me?"
Lu Qiuyan said coldly: "If you keep talking nonsense, I will beat you up, no matter whether you are old enough to be my grandfather or not."
Qin Di stuttered: "...I'm only twenty-nine."
Lu Qiuyan looked at him and asked, "Then why are your old arms and legs shaking?"
Qindi stopped shaking, bit her lips in shame and anger, and lowered her head, "How can you say that? You are insulting me."
Lu Qiuyan suddenly looked at the top of his head and said, "You have less hair."
Qindi: “…………”
As a handsome man, I may be told that I look average, but I absolutely cannot tolerate others saying that I have less hair. Qindi trembled, and ran away with tears in his eyes.
Tian Ruan sighed, "He must be very distressed to be losing his hair at such a young age. Let's not always say that he has less hair."
Lu Qiuyan: “I only said it once.”
Tian Ruan pointed at himself and Yu Jingmo, "Add you, three times."
"oh."
Yu Jingmo said to Yu Shang, "Come over and meet some people."
Yu Shang nodded, "Okay."
Tian Ruan didn't really want to go with them. Socializing was too boring. He wanted to play with Lu Qiuyan, so he looked at Yu Jingmo eagerly, "Mr. Yu, I'm hungry."
There was a lot of buffet food on the long table, including Christmas dinner and traditional Chinese food. Tian Ruan had long had his eyes on fried dumplings and spicy cabbage from Northeast China, but had never had the courage to eat them.
Yu Jingmo didn't restrain him and said with a smile: "Go ahead, eat more vegetables and less meat at night."
Tian Ruan said happily: "I eat delicious food and share it with you."
"Um."
Tian Ruan pulled Lu Qiuyan towards the long table, while Yu Jingmo took Yu Shang to meet the officials.
Merchants have to deal with government officials. Winning some projects requires subsidies from government officials, and government officials also need huge taxes to maintain operations. It is mutually beneficial, but it is also possible to fall into a deep pit and not be able to climb out. It is a very sophisticated way of doing things. Yu Shang was not very familiar with this, so Yu Jingmo just happened to take him to see the world.
Tian Ruan had no interest in business. Eating and drinking were more attractive to him. When he walked to the long table, a waiter brought the food tray and there was a special tongs next to each dish. Tian Ruan picked eight fried dumplings, a few slices of spicy cabbage, Christmas ham slices, stir-fried bean sprouts, braised duck legs, and about 100g of rice.
"Don't eat turkey, it's not tasty." Tian Ruan reminded Lu Qiuyan.
Lu Qiuyan didn't believe it and ate a small piece: "It's really unpalatable, the meat is tough."
After Tian Ruan finished eating the fried dumplings, he suddenly saw a person with white hair, white clothes and a fox mask wandering in the crowd, like a ghost, "…Is that a qindi?"
Lu Qiuyan looked over and said, "She's wearing a wig. She's more conspicuous than you."
Tian Ruan: “…”
Tian Ruan had no intention of caring about it, but the sound of the zither and flute floated faintly in front of him, with the momentum of a comeback: "Excuse me, where is Yu Jingmo?"
"Meeting with the mayor." Tian Ruan pointed to the second floor, "Longtenghuyue reception room."
Qin Di hesitated for a moment, "I can wait."
"Then you wait." Tian Ruan estimated that the wait might take an hour, so since the other party wanted to wait, let him wait.
Lu Qiuyan was not so easy to fool. He looked Qindi up and down and asked, "Do you like Uncle Yu?"
Qindi's ears turned red, and she whispered softly, "No, I don't... I just admire him. He has been the leader of the class since he was young. He always shines brightly among the crowd, and I am just an inconspicuous star under the sun."
Lu Qiuyan: "Very self-aware."
Qindi: “…”
Qin Di bit her lip, "Sir, do you have a misunderstanding about me? I'm not the person you think I am."
Lu Qiuyan: "What kind of person? A mistress? Are you worthy of her?"
Under the protagonist's vicious tongue, no one can escape the attack of thousands of arrows piercing the heart. Qin Di opened his eyes wide and was about to cry again - it seemed that Qin Di had used this word for his father.
Tian Ruan watched Qin Di shed tears.
Qin Di: "How can you say that? You are insulting me, I want you to apologize!"
Lu Qiuyan sneered: "Sir, what are you thinking? Do you really think everyone is as blind as him and can't see it?" Pointing at Tian Ruan, "Only he will believe your lies. I'm not that easy to fool."
Tian Ruan: "...I am not blind."
Lu Qiuyan: "Shut up."
Tian Ruan kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word.
Qindi was angry and ran away again. He regretted that he should not have humiliated himself.
Lu Qiuyan was furious and questioned Tian Ruan: "Your own husband is being targeted by someone, and you are not worried, so why should I worry about you?"
Tian Ruan pointed to his tightly closed mouth.
"……say."
Tian Ruan opened his mouth and said, "Thank you, Lu Qiuyan."
Lu Qiuyan was looked at by his sincere brown eyes, and her temper instantly disappeared. She said, "When I was a child, before my family went bankrupt, my dad had an affair with his secretary. I saw it and told my mom, but she didn't divorce. So I hate mistresses and I hate my dad even more, but I have no choice. My mom doesn't want to leave."
This was mentioned a few times in the original book. When Lu's mother was young, she was strong and stubborn. Even if she was wronged, she would swallow her anger. Lu's father did indeed behave in a ridiculous manner for a while, until he went bankrupt and had no money left, and then he started to drink all day long. Lu's mother insisted on not getting a divorce for the sake of her reputation. She always felt that she could not get anyone better and could only pin her hopes on her son.
Lu's mother hopes that her son will be successful. Although there is no difference between her husband being alive and dead, he is still a human being after all, and others cannot gossip about him.
The distorted view of marriage caused Lu Qiuyan to avoid marriage.
For a long time in the original book, Lu Qiuyan politely declined Yu Shang's proposal. Yu Shang proposed marriage five times, and only succeeded because of his perseverance and perseverance after visiting Zhuge Liang three times.
"I understand." Tian Ruan said seriously, "I am Mr. Yu's shield. I won't let anyone with ulterior motives get close to him. And he won't pay any attention to them. He hates people approaching him with a purpose."
Tian Ruan did not forget that his original intention with Yu Jingmo was that he would be Yu Jingmo's marriage shield and Yu Jingmo would send him to school. Although their relationship has made a qualitative leap now, it will not change this original intention.
Tian Ruan is willing to be Yu Jingmo's shield, and Yu Jingmo will be like a sword drawn from its sheath, protecting him from harm.
An hour later, the masquerade ball officially began. Yu Jingmo also came back with Yu Shang, and the qin and flute followed behind like a ghost: "Yu Jingmo, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Yu Jingmo turned a deaf ear and walked straight to Tian Ruan.
Tian Ruan took out the food he had prepared, "Mr. Yu, this raisin pudding is delicious, try it."
"Um."
The banquet hall only had chairs on both sides of the wall, so one could only eat while standing, but it was also convenient for walking around, drinking and chatting. The two of them looked at each other at the long table covered with drinks, with sweet smiles in their eyes.
The bodyguard stood in front of Qindi to block any prying eyes.
Qin Di: "...You are blocking me."
Mao Qi: "Sir, your eyes can move. You can look elsewhere."
After a while, the prelude of a waltz sounded leisurely, and the "boss" stood on the stage to host, celebrating Merry Christmas loudly, "Next, let's dance together!"
Everyone consciously moved aside and left the center of the banquet hall if they did not intend to dance.
Under the spotlight in the center stood a young man with white hair and white clothes. He took a deep breath and said affectionately, "Mr. Yu, can I ask you to dance with me?"
Everyone looked at Yu Jingmo, some knew him and some didn't, but they had all heard of the famous Yu family in Su City, and Yu Jingmo's identity was obvious.
"...Isn't Yu Jingmo married? Where is his wife?"
"I heard his wife is a man."
"Isn't that the man in the silver-blue dress?"
Lu Qiuyan, who was wearing a silver-blue dress, was pulled aside by Yu Shang, who had a sullen face. "Let's form a team and dance."
Lu Qiuyan: “Okay.”
As the protagonist who had once been wealthy, social dancing was a piece of cake for him. However, he had only danced with ladies before, and this was his first time with a man, so his face suddenly felt a little unnatural.
Yu Shang also felt a little uncomfortable, but fortunately he was wearing a mask to cover it up.
Tian Ruan was having a great time drinking when Yu Jingmo held her hand and their fingers were interlocked.
Yu Jingmo said softly: "This first dance should naturally be performed by us."
Tian Ruan: "I have never danced."
"It's okay. I'll teach you."
The waltz had a brisk and melodious tune. As the prelude was about to end, Yu Jingmo pulled Tian Ruan over with one hand, put his hand on his shoulder, and with the other hand held his narrow and flexible waist, and with a brisk spin, they reached the center.
There is no need to stand under the spotlight. In Shostakovich's Second Waltz, it's like floating in the sky on clouds, with Christmas rainbows falling from the crystal lights and the snowman smiling and watching all the dancers in the banquet hall.
Tian Ruan didn't know if she danced well or not, she just followed Yu Jingmo's rhythm, stepped out with her left foot, stepped with her right foot, and spun -
On the black and gold marble tiles, various leather shoes and high heels can be heard tapping.
The swallowtail hit his leg, and Tian Ruan's steps became disordered, and he stepped on Yu Jingmo several times. Yu Jingmo simply picked him up and stood him on his feet, taking him to feel the smooth dance steps.
Applause broke out all around.
Tian Ruan felt dizzy and his heart was about to beat out of his throat. Yu Jingmo put him down and started beating again.
Practice makes perfect. Tian Ruan was able to walk as fast as she could. She held Yu Jingmo's hand and lifted it up high, then spun around in his arms and started laughing while dancing.
As the dance steps moved further and closer, Yu Jingmo's lips brushed against Tian Ruan's face, and the intimate contact that seemed to be there but not there aroused applause.
Ignoring Tian Ruan's clothes, anyone would think that they are a perfect match.
Qindi stood alone under the spotlight: "…………"
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